Saraf and Partners
Saraf and Partners’ banking and finance team has an impressive track record of handling complex and high-value financing transactions and debt restructurings, both domestic and international. Mohit Saraf and Bikash Jhawar co-head the team and regularly advise clients on syndicated loans and project financing transactions. Rohit Raghavan and Abir Lal Dey are well renowned for their expertise in trade finance and real estate financing matters. Other key members include Satadru Goswami and banking law expert Priyamvada Haridas.
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Key clients
- JSW Group including JSW Infrastructure and JSW Steel
- LIC Housing Finance Limited
- State Bank of India
- SBI Capital Markets Limited
- Adani Group including Adani Power, Adani Enterprises, Adani Electricity, Adani Airport, Adani Ports and SEZ, Adani Green, Adani Transmission.
- Shapoorji and Pallonji Group
- Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited
- Indus Towers Limited (Formerly Bharti Infratel Limited)
- Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., GIFT Branch
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Singapore Branch
- Home Credit India Finance Private Limited
- Union Bank of India
- Credit Saison Group
- Blackstone Group
- Indiabulls Group
- Vedanta Group
- GMR Group
- ICICI Bank Limited
- Axis Bank Limited
- IndusInd Bank
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
- Kotak Infrastructure Debt Fund
- Aseem Infrastructure Limited
- Aditya Birla Finance Limited
- Aditya Birla Renewables
- Radiance Renewables
- AMP Solar
- ReNew Group
- National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited
- Grant Thornton
- Deloitte
- Bank of India
- Bank of Baroda
- BOB Capital Markets Limited
- IDBI Bank Limited
- IDBI Capital Market Services Limited
- IndInfravit Trust
- Avaada Group
- US-EXIM Bank
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
- Xander Group
Work highlights
- Advised LIC Housing Finance Limited (Issuer) and Catalyst Trusteeship Limited (Debenture Trustee) on the shelf issuance of fully paid, senior, rated, listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures.
- Advised Kutch Copper Limited on its tying down of construction finance lines of $743m from a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India for the syndicated club loan.
- Assisted State Bank of India, security trustee and the Adani team with managing the transaction and conducting due diligence on the project and the company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mohit Saraf, Bikash Jhawar